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New member, saying hello
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:02 pm
by kype
Kype here. just saying hello to all the other members here. i have been fishing my whole life and fly fishing and tying since 2006. i have two bamboo rods that i will post up on a later date. they are from the early 70s when Howard Steere ran the rod shop at orvis.
i currently live on the lower section of the musconetcong river but use to live in neshanic station near the south branch. my interests are fly fishing for trout, bass, steelhead, and carp. also enjoy camping and i hunt birds and hunt deer for the venison alone. so just saying hello. i will try to post a few pictures of what i caught this past spring and summer.
kype.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:09 pm
by kype
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:12 pm
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Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:47 pm
by kype
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Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:17 am
by Rusty Spinner
Welcome to GST, Kype! I drove down the entire Musky from Hackettstown to the boat launch at the Delaware River the other day, looking at some of my older work and visiting old clients. We have 3-4 new projects on that river in coming years and fishing will only continue to improve.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:15 am
by Twism86
Welcome to the site! Nice looking fish! Carp on the fly are a hell of a ride!
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:08 pm
by kype
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:17 am
Welcome to GST, Kype! I drove down the entire Musky from Hackettstown to the boat launch at the Delaware River the other day, looking at some of my older work and visiting old clients. We have 3-4 new projects on that river in coming years and fishing will only continue to improve.
private property at the warren glen property on the list?
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:23 pm
by Rusty Spinner
kype wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:08 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:17 am
Welcome to GST, Kype! I drove down the entire Musky from Hackettstown to the boat launch at the Delaware River the other day, looking at some of my older work and visiting old clients. We have 3-4 new projects on that river in coming years and fishing will only continue to improve.
private property at the warren glen property on the list?
Yes, it is. And the opposite bank landowner has fully agreed to it this time with a good letter of support.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:27 am
by troutfishing4life
Hey Kype
Welcome to GST its a nice fishing site.
Mike "troutandbucks" from NJWW
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:53 pm
by Troutman
welcome to the site. Enjoy all the contents it has to offer.
Tight lines
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:54 pm
by Troutman
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:23 pm
kype wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:08 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:17 am
Welcome to GST, Kype! I drove down the entire Musky from Hackettstown to the boat launch at the Delaware River the other day, looking at some of my older work and visiting old clients. We have 3-4 new projects on that river in coming years and fishing will only continue to improve.
private property at the warren glen property on the list?
Yes, it is. And the opposite bank landowner has fully agreed to it this time with a good letter of support.
when is the dam coming down
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:04 pm
by lightenup
Hola new guy!!!
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:57 am
by Rusty Spinner
Troutman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:54 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:23 pm
kype wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:08 pm
private property at the warren glen property on the list?
Yes, it is. And the opposite bank landowner has fully agreed to it this time with a good letter of support.
when is the dam coming down
I'm no longer in the loop, so I'm not sure. But funding keeps coming in and it marches slowly forward. The dam will be removed and the Musky Gorge will be reopened and look much like it did back in the late 1800s before the dam was first built.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:50 am
by Troutman
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:57 am
I'm no longer in the loop, so I'm not sure. But funding keeps coming in and it marches slowly forward. The dam will be removed and the Musky Gorge will be reopened and look much like it did back in the late 1800s before the dam was first built.
Well I hope I get to see & enjoy it im my lifetime
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:18 am
by Rusty Spinner
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:50 am
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:57 am
I'm no longer in the loop, so I'm not sure. But funding keeps coming in and it marches slowly forward. The dam will be removed and the Musky Gorge will be reopened and look much like it did back in the late 1800s before the dam was first built.
Well I hope I get to see & enjoy it im my lifetime
It will be interesting to see what the engineering plans to remove it entail. When I was directly involved, we anticipated working about 6 months out of the year based on closure times and weather and equipment issues, and that it would take about 3 years to dredge enough materials out to then fully remove that massive dam.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:14 pm
by Troutman
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:18 am
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:50 am
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:57 am
I'm no longer in the loop, so I'm not sure. But funding keeps coming in and it marches slowly forward. The dam will be removed and the Musky Gorge will be reopened and look much like it did back in the late 1800s before the dam was first built.
Well I hope I get to see & enjoy it im my lifetime
It will be interesting to see what the engineering plans to remove it entail. When I was directly involved, we anticipated working about 6 months out of the year based on closure times and weather and equipment issues, and that it would take about 3 years to dredge enough materials out to then fully remove that massive dam.
I can only image the cubic tonnage sediment that the dam has held back all these years. The next 1 would be the dam in bloomsbury. this would free up the musky as we know it.
the breached dam behind wells fargo & the 1 by the graveyard are just eyesores of a bygone era
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 am
by Rusty Spinner
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:14 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:18 am
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:50 am
Well I hope I get to see & enjoy it im my lifetime
It will be interesting to see what the engineering plans to remove it entail. When I was directly involved, we anticipated working about 6 months out of the year based on closure times and weather and equipment issues, and that it would take about 3 years to dredge enough materials out to then fully remove that massive dam.
I can only image the cubic tonnage sediment that the dam has held back all these years. The next 1 would be the dam in bloomsbury. this would free up the musky as we know it.
the breached dam behind wells fargo & the 1 by the graveyard are just eyesores of a bygone era
The US Army Corps of Engineering have been working to remove the Bloomsbury dam for the last 15 1/2 years. Typical of Army Corps projects, they take 10X longer and cost 5X more! After that dam and the Warren Glen Mill dam above 519 in the Musky Gorge are removed, we still have Asbury dam, Penwell dam, and then remnant dams up to Lake Hopatcong dam. Lake H dam will never be removed, of course, but the others all will in time with the current exception being Penwell which is still in use by its owner.
As for the sediment storage above the Warren Glen Mill dam, it would more than fill the entire Empire State Building. We did those calculations about 10 years ago. That's a lot of sediment!
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:57 am
by optowalt
Hi Kype. Welcome to the site. Some good people here and you will enjoy it.
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:54 pm
by Troutman
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 am
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:14 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:18 am
It will be interesting to see what the engineering plans to remove it entail. When I was directly involved, we anticipated working about 6 months out of the year based on closure times and weather and equipment issues, and that it would take about 3 years to dredge enough materials out to then fully remove that massive dam.
I can only image the cubic tonnage sediment that the dam has held back all these years. The next 1 would be the dam in bloomsbury. this would free up the musky as we know it.
the breached dam behind wells fargo & the 1 by the graveyard are just eyesores of a bygone era
The US Army Corps of Engineering have been working to remove the Bloomsbury dam for the last 15 1/2 years. Typical of Army Corps projects, they take 10X longer and cost 5X more! After that dam and the Warren Glen Mill dam above 519 in the Musky Gorge are removed, we still have Asbury dam, Penwell dam, and then remnant dams up to Lake Hopatcong dam. Lake H dam will never be removed, of course, but the others all will in time with the current exception being Penwell which is still in use by its owner.
As for the sediment storage above the Warren Glen Mill dam, it would more than fill the entire Empire State Building. We did those calculations about 10 years ago. That's a lot of sediment!
Saxton falls ?
Re: New member, saying hello
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:15 pm
by lightenup
Troutman wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:54 pm
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 am
Troutman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:14 pm
I can only image the cubic tonnage sediment that the dam has held back all these years. The next 1 would be the dam in bloomsbury. this would free up the musky as we know it.
the breached dam behind wells fargo & the 1 by the graveyard are just eyesores of a bygone era
The US Army Corps of Engineering have been working to remove the Bloomsbury dam for the last 15 1/2 years. Typical of Army Corps projects, they take 10X longer and cost 5X more! After that dam and the Warren Glen Mill dam above 519 in the Musky Gorge are removed, we still have Asbury dam, Penwell dam, and then remnant dams up to Lake Hopatcong dam. Lake H dam will never be removed, of course, but the others all will in time with the current exception being Penwell which is still in use by its owner.
As for the sediment storage above the Warren Glen Mill dam, it would more than fill the entire Empire State Building. We did those calculations about 10 years ago. That's a lot of sediment!
Saxton falls ?
Is the Warren Glen Dam the one by the graphite mill? The Cahills hatch very well above there and it is fun to cast flies from the bridge and watch...careful of the powerlines on your back cast.